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1972ref. 156685Universal City: Universal Pictures 1972. Vintage reference photograph from the 1972 film showing director George Roy Hill and a camera crew capturing a scene with Michael Sacks and Sharon Gans. Mimeo snipe on the verso. Based on the classic 1969 novel by Kurt Vonnegut about a young World War II veteran who discovers that he is able to time travel to various points in his life both past and future. Nominated for the Palme d'Or at Cannes and winner of the Jury Prize. Shot on location in Prague and in Minneapolis and St. Paul Minnesota. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Universal Pictures unknown books
1971ref. 156701Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1971. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1971 film. Provenance stamp on the verso. In the Stone Age two brothers battle for leadership of their tribe after the former leader is killed in an earthquake. The fourth and last film in Hammer's "Cave Girl" series preceded by "One Million Years B.C." 1966 "Prehistoric Women" 1967 and "When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth" 1970. Shot on location in Nambia and South Africa. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Johnson and Del Vecchio p. 327-329. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1939ref. 156674Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1939. Vintage studio still photograph of director William Wellman and a camera crew filming on location in New Mexico for the 1939 film. Mimeo snipe on the verso. Based on the 1891 novel by Rudyard Kipling. An artist whose sight is failing struggles to complete his final painting while also grieving his broken relationship with his childhood sweetheart. Shot on location in Abiquiu Santa Fe and Espanola New Mexico. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1998ref. 156687N.p.: N.p. 1998. Four vintage color reference photographs from the 1998 film. Printed label of photographer Lars Høgsted on the versos and three with a provenance label. The first Dogme 95 film a pitch-black surreal comedy about a troubled family gathering to celebrate the patriarch's sixtieth birthday. Shot on location at Skjoldenæsholm Castle in Ringsted Denmark. 7 x 5 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1977ref. 156705Amsterdam: Universal Film Agency 1977. Three vintage reference photographs including two bordered black-and-white and one borderless color photographs and one vintage press photograph from the 1977 film. Printed label of Universal Film Agency in Amsterdam affixed to the versos. A heavily fictionalized autobiography of British adult film actress Fiona Richmond starring Richmond herself. Set in California and Michigan shot on location in both states. Approximately 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with pinholes at the corners. Universal Film Agency unknown books
1968ref. 156689N.p.: N.p. 1968. Vintage reference photograph of Paul Newman directing Joanne Woodward during a classroom scene on the set of the 1968 film. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. Based on Canadian writer Margaret Laurence's 1966 novel "A Jest of God" about the varied romantic and sexual experiences of a timid schoolteacher living with her widowed mother in an apartment in rural Connecticut. Shot on location throughout Connecticut. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
ref. 152594N.p.: N.p. 1972. Archive of material for an unproduced film dated variously between 1971 and 1972 including one First Draft script one Revised Second Draft script with manuscript ink annotations noting substantive revisions and deletions one typed letter from screenwriter Frank Conroy and eighteen handwritten revision pages with corresponding printed pages addressing the revisions. Not to be confused with the 1987 film starring Arnold Schwarzenegger. Based on the 1969 Edgar Award-winning novel "A Time of Predators" by Joe Gores about a Stanford University professor seeking revenge for the rape and murder of his wife by a street gang. An association between two prolific American authors one a genre writer and the other a novelist and director of the influential Iowa Writers' Workshop for 18 years. Set in San Francisco. First Draft: Black titled Studio Duplicating Service wrappers. Title page present dated 3/22 noted as First Draft with credits for screenwriter Frank Conroy and novelist Joe Gores. 134 leaves with last page of text numbered 116. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. Second Draft: Maroon titled Studio Duplicating Service wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Frank Conroy and novelist Joe Gores. 120 leaves with last page of text numbered 119. Xerogrphic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus overall bound with two gold brads. All other materials Very Good plus lightly age-toned and edgeworn. N.p. unknown books
1966ref. 151995Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1966. Vintage reference photograph of Terence Stamp and Monica Vitti from the 1966 film. "20th Century Fox Film Corp." stamp on verso. Based on the British comic strip which originally appeared in 1963. Modesty Blaise a former criminal mastermind occasionally employed by the Secret Service must protect a shipment of diamonds en route to a small Middle Eastern kingdom from a crime syndicate. Monica Vitti's first English-speaking role. Nominated for the Palme d'Or. Shot on location in Italy Netherlands and England. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus with light edgewear and creasing in far corners. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
2002ref. 156814Universal City: Focus Features 2002. For Your Consideration script for the 2002 film. Laid in with the script is a letter on Focus Features letterhead presenting the script in consideration for Best Screenplay. Noted filmmaker Todd Haynes' homage to Douglas Sirk about a wealthy suburban housewife in the 1950s whose seemingly perfect life begins to unravel as she discovers her husband is a closeted gay man. Nominated for four Academy Awards. Set in Hartford Connecticut and shot on location throughout New Jersey. Salmon untitled wrappers. Title page present dated 10/5/01 with credits for director and screenwriter Todd Haynes. 149 leaves with last page of text numbered 130. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Focus Features unknown books
1956ref. 142888Paris: Cinedis 1956. Collection of five original black-and-white photographs for the 1956 French film. Candid on-the-set moments showing actors Gil Vidal and Annie Girardot and two images of Fresnay at a jukebox and with Girardot. French film title and actor names on the versos in manuscript ink. Fresnay plays the role of a teacher who surprises meddling students in a robbery attempt. The students two played by Vidal and Girardot aim to get revenge by framing the teacher for rape. Girardot had just begun her career one that would land her roles playing strong-willed independent women relatable for women in similar situations and she would become France's leading actress by the 1970s. 4.75 x 7 inches one slightly smaller half are slightly larger all with large borders at the bottom. Slight curling else Near Fine. Selby Worldwide France. Cinedis unknown books
1958ref. 154873Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1958. Vintage one sheet poster for the 1958 film. Screenwriter Paddy Chayefsky reportedly modeled the story on the lives of Marilyn Monroe and Ava Gardner with elements taken from the lives of Joan Crawford and Judy Garland. An in-depth character study of a girl who overcomes her traumatic and bleak childhood and attains her dream of being an adored film star only to find her personal life miserable and unfulfilled. Featuring an outstanding and primal performance by Kim Stanley in her first film role. Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Screenplay. Shot on location in Ellicott City Maryland. 27 x 41 inches. Linen backed and rolled. Near Fine with some professional restoration and repair at the original folds. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1938ref. 157031Paris: Societe d'Exploitation et de Distribution de Films 1938. Two vintage black-and-white photographs from the US premiere of the 1964 film. Mimeo snipe affixed to the versos as issued noting that the film is making its debut at the Esquire Theatre in Los Angeles. Also on the verso is a stamp for the US distributor THEATRICAL PLAYS. Carne's pre-war mood-drenched masterpiece that followed the thematically similar "Port of Shadows" and preceding the much greater fame that would come to his work in 1945 with "Children of Paradise." 8 x 10 inches. Fine. Societe d'Exploitation et de Distribution de Films unknown books
1999ref. 157021Hollywood: Sony Pictures Classics 1999. Vintage program for the debut of the 1999 film. Based on the 1946 play by Terence Rattigan about a British family whose attempts to defend their teenage son from accusations of postal theft escalate into a costly and scandalous media storm. Set and shot on location in London. 6.5 x 9 inches. 22 leaves in perfect-bound wrappers. Near Fine. Sony Pictures Classics unknown books
1979ref. 156412Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1979. Vintage photograph from the set of the 1979 neo-noir film. A wealthy conservative father learns that his runaway daughter is starring in pornographic films and sets out to find her and bring her home. One of director-screenwriter Paul Schrader's early screenplays and his second directorial effort. Though it never received the same level of mass critical acclaim as his earlier screenplay for "Taxi Driver" the two films share a number of similar traits both following a man's journey into an oft-unseen subculture. Set in California and Michigan shot on location in both states. 8 x 10 inches. Fine. Grant US. Silver and Ward US Neo-Noir. Spicer US Neo-Noir. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1975ref. 149861N.p.: N.p. 1975. Two vintage borderless reference photographs of Grazyna Dlugolecka from the 1975 Polish film. Beautiful young Ewa Dlugolecka falls in love with the handsome lodger Lukasz Jerzy Zelnik and travels Europe in search of him falling prey to the lusts and abuses of various men. Nominated for the Palme d'Or. 5 x 7 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1971ref. 157102Universal City: Universal Pictures 1971. Six vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1971 film. Printed mimeo snipes affixed to the versos and several with Rank Organization stamps. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. Milo Forman's first film made in the US. A suburban couple return home one evening to find their teenage daughter has run away. While out looking for their daughter they come across other parents whose children are missing and form a self-help group only to discover they feel happier and freer with the children gone. Set and shot on location in New York City. 9 x 7.25 inches. Near Fine. Universal Pictures unknown books
1954ref. 157104Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1954. Vintage studio still photograph from the set of the 1954 film showing director Lewis Gilbert and a camera crew setting up a shot with Gloria Grahame. Based on the 1953 novel by Richard Macaulay about four desperate men who meet in a pub and decide to rob a post office. The novel's original Beverly Hills setting was changed to 1950s London. Set in London. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. United Artists unknown books
1977ref. 157107Amsterdam: Filmtrust TV 1977. Two vintage borderless color reference photographs from the 1977 film. One with the stamp of Filmtrust TV on the verso and both with annotations in manuscript ink. Emmanuelle now working as a journalist writes a report on a guru who claims to have achieved the ultimate orgasm before heading to China to investigate a sex trafficking ring. Shot on location in New York and California in the US and in Italy Hong Kong India and Iran. One photograph 9.25 x 7 inches one photograph 11 x 8 inches. Very Good plus with pinholes at the corners. Filmtrust TV unknown books
1960ref. 157082New York: Manhattan Films International 1960. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1960 film showing actress Delilah Lee posing in her dressing room. Stamp of Manhattan Films International on the verso. A magician's assistants begin dying off in increasingly violent ways. Set and shot on location in New York. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good with moderate edgewear and pinholes at the corners. Manhattan Films International unknown books
1976ref. 157080Laren NH: Actueel Film NV 1976. Six vintage reference photographs from the 1976 UK film. Included with the photographs is a press sheet specific to the film's release in The Netherlands with text in Dutch. Struggling to finish his second book while experiencing vivid nightmares and increasing paranoia an author rents a cottage in the British countryside and hires an attractive mysterious secretary to help type the manuscript. Shot on location in Essex. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus lightly edgeworn with pinholes at the corners. Actueel Film NV unknown books
1979ref. 157103Universal City: Universal City Studios 1979. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1981 film showing actor Richard Pryor behind the camera. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. A cynical ex-convict is hired to drive a group of orphaned special needs children and their schoolteacher across the country from Philadelphia to Seattle growing closer to the group in the process and gaining a new outlook on life. Set in Philadelphia and Washington shot on location in Carnation Ellensburg and Snohomish Washington. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Universal City Studios unknown books
1958ref. 157095N.p.: N.p. 1958. Vintage reference photograph from the 1958 film showing director Jacques Tati and a camera operator filming an outdoors scene. National Film Archive stamp on the verso along with annotations in manuscript ink and pencil regarding cropping. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. Tati's second of four films featuring the inimitable Monsieur Hulôt. In this chapter Hulôt strays from his rather ordinary Paris neighborhood and into a modern suburban one where technological chaos reigns. Nominated for the Palme d'Or at Cannes and winner of the Jury Special Prize and winner of an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. Set in the Parisian suburbs. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1936ref. 157106N.p.: N.p. 1936. Vintage reference photograph of director William Wyler and actors Walter Huston Sam Dodsworth and Kathryn Marlowe Dodsworth's daughter Emily played by Kathryn Marlowe on the set of the 1936 film. Based on the 1934 play by Sidney Howard based in turn on the 1929 novel by Sinclair Lewis. A recently retired automobile magnate and his frivolous wife take an extended trip to Europe only to discover they have grown apart. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus lightly age toned. National Film Registry. N.p. unknown books
1985ref. 157079N.p.: N.p. 1985. Two vintage borderless reference photographs from the set of the 1985 French film showing director Agnes Varda and actress Sandrine Bonnaire. One with a stamp specific to the film's French release on the verso. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. Varda's most successful and critically acclaimed film beginning with the discovery of a young migrant woman's body frozen in a ditch in northern France and retracing her life up until the time of her death. As an important and influential French director writer and artist Agnes Varda garnered praise as a filmmaker for her uncompromising documentary-style realism focusing on women and marginalized members of society as well as her experimental style. A colleague of Alain Resnais and other Rive Gauche filmmakers her early work stylistically prefigures the French New Wave and is today considered very much a part of it. Shot on location in Gard Hérault and Bouches-du-Rhône France. 7 x 5 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 74. N.p. unknown books
1967ref. 157108Paris: France-Soir 1967. Two vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1967 French film. Both with stamps on the verso crediting photographer André Grassart. In search of love two sisters leave their small hometown and begin working as traveling carnival singers. Director Jacques Demy's charming follow-up to his 1964 film "The Umbrellas of Cherbourg." Shot on location in Rochefort Charente-Maritime France. Both photographs approximately 12 x 8 inches. Near Fine. BFI. Criterion Collection 717. Rosenbaum 1000. France-Soir unknown books
